I Reject Quests

"Who are you?" Yeri turned her eyes to look at the person she previously thought was a bystander or subordinate of District Expert Tony McBreth. But she soon changed her line of thoughts as a subordinate wouldn't normally interrupt him.

Tervon also looked at the man seemingly about his age.

"I am Rewen's father. If I'm not wrong, both of you should be the bodyguards of my son's girlfriend, am I correct?"

"Correct. Nice to meet you, Sir." Yeri stepped forward and stretched her hand.

Rewen's father returned the handshake. "With all due respect, I apologize on behalf of my son for putting her in danger." The 'her' he was referring to was Svety. 

"It's not a problem. We have identified the problem and asked medical professionals for help. They would start the operation of taking out the explosive inside her anytime soon. Besides, the fault also lies in her. If she wasn't adamant enough to follow him, all of this wouldn't have happened. This also proves our incompetence as bodyguards."

Rewen's father didn't comment further.

At this point, Tony McBreth stepped forward. "Excuse me. Are you related to Svety…"

"Yes. We are her bodyguards." Tervon was the one to reply.

"I'm afraid the medical professionals wouldn't be required. I have already sent the medical team to her apartment." Tony said with a small smile. 

"Is that so?" Yeri looked at Tervon, then turned to Tony. "Thank you. If there's something we can help with, please let us know."

Tony McBreth thought for a moment before replying. "I think we have enough forces to take control of the situation…"

"What is the situation?" Tervon suddenly asked with a curious expression.

"Uh, Rewen Klofar had gone to rescue his cousin, Denny Klofar. As far as my guess goes, he is probably in a confrontation with X, the main person behind the scenes. There's a [Mystical Cloak] right there so we also can't enter the colony. All we can do is wait for a [Irregular] to arrive." Tony explained in brief.

Tervon nodded slightly while Yeri folded her arms and looked at the young man somewhat similar to the person's ex-boyfriend she was responsible for protecting. She felt that there was an aura of mystery hanging around him. 

Suddenly, their eyes met.

Despite being caught staring, Yeri kept examining him. "I've heard that you are involved in the business of Magic Artifacts. Which corporation do you work in? Is it foreign or…?"

"You are an [Irregular], aren't you?" Rewen's father asked a question without any context. 

Everyone was stunned by the question.

Rewen's father had little expression visible on his face. Stone-faced, he looked straight at Yeri. "I asked something." It was unknown whether he really meant it or not but he sounded condescending.

Naturally, Yeri had bad taste because of this but she wasn't an emotionally driven woman. She was highly experienced and knows how to respond to different situations. Currently, although she felt that his tone was weird, she figured the reason for that. 'Forgetting how he knows that I'm an [Irregular], he sounds confident that I am. It makes sense that he wouldn't have the mood of having a pleasant conversation when his son is in life-threatening danger.' 

"I am." Yeri calmly said, shocking the nearby Tony and every one of his subordinates in close proximity. Tervon didn't have much change in expression. He had known her for decades and naturally knew that she was an [Irregular]. What surprised him was that there was someone other than him who knew that she was one.

"Do you want my help?" Yeri asked in a straightforward manner. Even though she wanted to know how he found out about her being an [Irregular], she figured that it would be inappropriate.

"I do, actually." Rewen's father admitted honestly, then followed. "If there's any condition, you can be open about it."

"I'll think about it later." Yeri couldn't immediately think if she wanted something and besides, even if she wasn't called out, she would have called herself out and helped him out. 

Rewen's father nodded.

"Okay, I'm getting to it." Yeri walked towards the street that leads her inside the colony and stopped a few inches from the street. She examined the 'area' around her for a while, then cracked her knuckles.

"This should be quick…"

***

*Clang*

*Clang*

*Clang*

A dagger and a spear clashed with each other with the users of both the weapons being in close proximity with each other. 

Denny sat at one corner of the room and felt a surge of the feeling of powerlessness within herself. She knew that she was the one being protected and hated it. She knew that the entire reason for this fight was because of her. 

'All I could do is sit in a corner and suck my thumb wishing for my life to be saved. Is there really nothing I could do? Wait, isn't that…'

Wondering, her eyes fell on the remote that was lying on the sofa X sat on a couple of seconds ago. The remote that controls her life and death. 

'If I grab hold of the remote, the fight… could become unequal.' Denny wasn't an idiot. Throughout the course of the fight, she found out that her cousin had something that prevented X from directly taking action against her. 

'It was something called [Distributor]. Even though I don't know what it is, it is something that he is searching for. And the only one who knows where it is Rewen. I do know for a fact that the reason he hasn't yet killed me is because of that item. In other words, if I get a hold of the remote, won't the fight end?'

Having thought things out, she 'tried' to get up and fell on her face. 

Then, slowly crawling out of X's vision, she approached the remote.

'Here… I go…' She stretched her hand towards the remote and touched it. Her eyes lit up in ecstasy but as soon as she was about to celebrate her victory, she felt a hand around the wrist which was grabbing the remote. 

"Good job, lady." 

"..." Denny shuddered and raised her head only to find her worst nemesis looking towards her with a mild smile. The grip over the remote slowly faded as the pressure exerted on her wrist increased significantly and eventually, it fell back to its place.

X pulled her wrist towards himself.

Denny heavily resisted but how could her strength compare with his? She was pulled towards himself and was then thrown on the sofa.

X took the remote in his left hand and then pointed his spear towards her neck. Looking at his opponent's dark eyes, he opened his mouth. "Care to speak up?"

With a nonchalant expression, Rewen kept staring at him without saying a word.

"For a smart person such as yourself, you are unusually uncooperative. Don't force my hands. Answer within three seconds or she'll be dead."

Denny was frozen as she felt the sharpness of the pointed end of the spear touching her neck.

'God… please save me… or just kill me. I don't… want to live in… this hell…' 

This level of helplessness was something she had never felt before. Despite being a non-religious person, she called out to God, demonstrating the severity of the situation. 

"Three." X started his countdown.

Denny tensed up. Not able to look straight at her cousin, she closed her eyes and leaned on the sofa as if she had given up.

Rewen's expression didn't flinch. Raising his leg, he was about to take a step forward when X pushed his spear towards Denny's neck. 

Rewen took his step back.

Blood started flowing out of Denny's neck. Her body went stiff but luckily for her, the spear merely scratched her neck.

X now had an interesting expression when he looked at Rewen. "So you aren't just a mindless fuck. This is the last of the last time I'm raising this proposal again. Do you want to talk things out?"

Like usual, Rewen refused to utter a single word.

"I'll take that as a no. Anyways, you have one second left."

It was hard to believe but only two seconds had passed since X declared that he would kill Denny within three seconds. Since X was a Rank 3 Mage and his physique increased beyond what any ordinary human could achieve, his ability to speak and think has increased dramatically. 

Putting his hand on his waist, he took out his dagger.

"Oh? Are you sure you want to see which is faster? Your dagger which is at a considerable distance from me or my spear which is just a few inches away from killing your cousin?" 

Rewen's dagger fell on the floor. Raising his hand above his head, he clapped.

*Clap*

*Clap*

*Clap*

Not understanding the meaning behind the claps, X squinted his eyes. "And one!"

"I will agree to your proposal." 

X stopped. When he took a look at him, the first thing he noticed was his eyes.